• 80% of all collisions and 65% of near crashes have some form of driver inattention
as contributing factors. That is over 4,000,000 crashes per year in North
America that are caused by driver distraction.
• Cell phone use is attributed to 18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes.
What makes up the other 82%? Putting on lipstick, reaching over to grab a drink,
changing the music, reading a roadmap, eating on the go. The distractions are
endless. But they don’t have to be.
• Talking on a cell phone makes a driver 4 times more likely to have a crash or
near crash event. Texting makes them 23 times more likely to have this happen.
• Texting slows driver reaction time even more than alcohol!
